"Wait Watchers" photog catches oglers in the act

Haley Morris-Cafiero is a photographer based in Memphis, Tenn. Her series entitled "Wait Watchers" is a self portrait project of sorts, whereby she shoots passers-by who are caught looking at her.

Morris-Cafiero describes her process on her website, "I set up a camera in a heavy-traffic, public area and take hundreds of photographs as I perform mundane, everyday tasks as people pass by me. I then examine the images to see if any of the passersby had a critical or questioning element in their face or in their body language."

The resulting photos show reactions from passersby seeming to range from bemusement to disgust. Morris-Cafiero considers her images to be "a social experiment and I travel the world in an attempt to photograph the reactions of a diverse pool of passersby."

This image is entitled "Cops."

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This image from Haley Morris-Cafiero's "Wait Watchers" series is called "Anonymity is for Everyone."

This image from Haley Morris-Cafiero's "Wait Watchers" series is called "Bikini."

This image from Haley Morris-Cafiero's "Wait Watchers" series is called "Blue Vests."

This image from Haley Morris-Cafiero's "Wait Watchers" series is called "Championship."

This image from Haley Morris-Cafiero's "Wait Watchers" series is called "Change."

This image from Haley Morris-Cafiero's "Wait Watchers" series is called "Magnolia."

This image from Haley Morris-Cafiero's "Wait Watchers" series is called "Map."

This image from Haley Morris-Cafiero's "Wait Watchers" series is called "Marilyn Springs."

This image from Haley Morris-Cafiero's "Wait Watchers" series is called "Stripes."

This image from Haley Morris-Cafiero's "Wait Watchers" series is called "Gelato."

This image from Haley Morris-Cafiero's "Wait Watchers" series is called "Titan."

This image from Haley Morris-Cafiero's "Wait Watchers" series is called "Vitoria."

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